Human Impacts

1.) Water management

How can water be managed for use by humans and ecosystems?

2.) Salinity, Erosion & Contamination

How does human use of land affect soil?

Distribution of water (global water budget)

Factors affecting distribution of water

water quality

water treatment

groundwater

What is salinity?

Causes

Rehabilitation of salinity affected soil

What is erosion?

Causes

What is contamination?

Sources

effects

3.) Effects of Introduced species

How do introduced species affect the Australian environment and ecosystems?

Examples of local introduced species

How human activity favours introduced species

How introduced species contribute to decline of native species

Biotic & Abiotic effects